10 ways to teach your children to value marriage

There is something that is very important to teach our children about from a very early age - Marriage.

Our children see our marriage. They understand more than we realize. What we model to them is their first and most influential example of marriage. Is your marriage teaching your children how to truly love, respect, honor and cherish a mate? Or is your marriage teaching your children the exact opposite?

The best way to teach your children about marriage is to show one another love,
trust, and respect. Your children are almost as much a part of your marriage as
the two of you are. They see every outward expression of love, every moment of
trust and every opportunity for dignified respect. When Mommy defers to Daddy
over disapline, as a token of respect, the children are completely aware of this
gesture. When Daddy gives his earnings to Mommy and they discuss the household
expenses this shows the children, trust. When Mommy and Daddy hug and kiss each
other showing affection in front of the children they learn to express love. Even if Mommy and Daddy are harsh or argue, they need to let the children see
them and hear them say "I'm sorry." Children need to know that
people are not perfect and they disagree but they can still be loving. Every kind word, every loving respectful gesture and every "I am truly
sorry", teaches children about marriage.

By no means does it say that the responsibility is only on
the woman. Marriage is a partnership of both spouses giving a full 100% each.
This article was originally written on a woman's blog for women, therefor
it is addressed to women. All principles apply to both husband and wife.

@ Jenifer: It may originally have been written for a women's blog - but
this is a family newspaper and in this forum, it is misogynistic and gives a
very poor image of the expectations men should have for their wives.